Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 17 Killing in the Night

A journey filled with bloodshed and carnage.

In the early hours of the morning, when Lu Jin arrived at the outskirts of City 003, a new apprentice-level life essence had appeared in his external storage space.

Actually, there was another set of F-rank monster materials obtained through normal drops, but feeling offended, Lu Jin simply threw it away as trash.

F-rank monster materials are something most warriors wouldn't even glance at, let alone Lu Jin, a beginner-level War God Spiritualist.

"Roar--"

Just as they were about to find a safe place to consume the Elixir of Life, a beastly roar, full of warning, suddenly came from the street ahead.

By the moonlight, Lu Jin could see more than a dozen pig-like monsters appearing ahead.

The leading boar monster exuded an impressive aura, its body covered in red scales, and at first glance, its sturdy build resembled that of a tank.

'A bloodthirsty tank? Judging by the color of its scales, it's probably close to a high-level beast general.'

Lu Jin immediately recognized the other party's origin.

Bloodthirsty Tank, the second-ranked pig-type monster, is known for its exceptional defense and ramming power within its class.

However, this bloodthirsty tank was in poor condition, with many broken scales on its body and deep claw marks on its back and sides that revealed bone.

Even the dozen or so beast-soldier-level pig monsters following behind the Bloodthirsty Tank were more or less injured.

If nothing unexpected happens, this bloodthirsty tank and its bunch of pig minions have just gone through a fierce battle, and most likely ended in defeat.

"Roar!"

Seeing that the unfamiliar warrior did not retreat immediately, and in poor condition, the Bloodthirsty Tank, unwilling to fight any longer, issued another warning.

"Ha~, the lament of a loser!"

With a slight smirk, Lu Jin took off the Broken Army Sword and the hexagonal shield from his back, and with a light step, he charged towards the horde of beasts led by the Bloodthirsty Tank.

You don't want to fight?

But I was hoping to get some good stuff from you!

"Roar!"

Lu Jin's rudeness angered the bloodthirsty tank, which roared and led a group of pig minions in a charge.

"Boom boom boom——"

The surrounding earth trembled, the sheer size of the tanks and the dozen or so beast-soldier-level pig-like monsters that launched their charge created the momentum of a stampede of ten thousand horses.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Before the two sides could exchange information, two black lights suddenly appeared in the darkness.

"Puff puff!"

As blood blossoms bloomed, two nine-element throwing knives shot out, drawing two deadly arcs through the charging pig herd, piercing the heads of one pig monster after another.

In the blink of an eye, the horde of beasts that had charged forward like a stampede of ten thousand horses was reduced to just the Bloodthirsty Tank.

The remaining dozen or so beast-soldier level unicorn boars and iron-haired boars all fell on the way of the charge.

"puff!"

With a swift turn, he passed the charging Bloodthirsty Tank. In a flash of sword light, Lu Jin thrust his sword along the claw marks on the Bloodthirsty Tank's side.

Immediately afterwards, he slightly tilted the shield in his left hand to meet the swung scaled boar tail.

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, the scaled boar's tail lashed out at the sturdy hexagonal shield. A powerful impact was transmitted through the shield, and Lu Jin was forced to take three steps back before he could neutralize the force of the tail whip.

'Its strength is quite formidable, but with double the defensive amplitude, it's not that bad.'

Lu Jin tightened his grip on the hexagonal shield, thinking to himself, "Roar!"

Seeing all his pig minions fall in battle, and his own attack failing to achieve anything, and instead being struck by a sword that pierced his internal organs, the bloodthirsty and not-so-bright-minded Bloodthirsty Tank became completely enraged.

"Boom boom boom——"

Turning around, the Bloodthirsty Tank charged towards Lu Jin again.

When a monster realizes it is no match for another monster, it will usually choose to run away.

But the enraged, bloodthirsty tank clearly failed to realize this.

At this moment, the only thought in the mind of this bloodthirsty tank pig was to tear Lu Jin to pieces.

Without using a throwing knife to kill it instantly, this bloodthirsty tank, which was close to becoming a high-level beast general, was undoubtedly a worthy opponent for training. Lu Jin, wielding a battle sword, went straight up to it and engaged in close combat.

Using mental power to control throwing knives to instantly kill a bloodthirsty tank is certainly a quick and efficient way to end a battle.

However, during the apprenticeship stage, while mental masters are extremely powerful, they also have a very obvious weakness: the range of their mental power is limited.

With his current mental power at the initial level of a War God, he can only guarantee the maximum lethality of the throwing knives within a radius of tens of meters.

Once the attack distance exceeds this range, the lethality of the throwing knife will drop significantly, and the further the distance, the greater the decrease in power.

And how close is a distance of tens of meters to a lord-level monster?
Therefore, while it is certainly exhilarating to use mental power to control flying knives and instantly kill monsters, a martial artist's strength cannot be neglected.

At the very least, while rapidly increasing one's level, one's martial arts strength must not be weaker than the average level of martial artists of the same rank.

After a brief struggle, Lu Jin seized upon a mistake made by the already wounded Bloodthirsty Tank.

"puff!"

Amidst flashes of sword light and blooming blood, the sharp Nine-Element Breaking Army Sword pierced through the gaps in the scales of the Bloodthirsty Tank's neck, reaching straight into its throat.

"呲-"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jin pulled down sharply, widening the wound on the Bloodthirsty Tank's neck. Before the pig's blood spurting from the wound could even reach him, he withdrew without hesitation.

"boom--"

A large amount of blood gushed out rapidly from the neck wound. The enormous, bloodthirsty tank finally gave way, its round, pig-like eyes glaring as it collapsed to the ground.

The next moment, a pale golden light flashed from the corpse of the Bloodthirsty Tank, a pale golden orb fell off, and then disappeared.

Upon seeing this, Lu Jin's face lit up with joy, and he separated a portion of his consciousness to explore the external space.

Good news, the shipment has been completed.

The bad news isn't the Elixir of Life, but rather a monster material for a mid-level Beast General-grade Bloodthirsty Tank. The HR Alliance's acquisition price is only around 40 million Chinese Yuan.

With a slight look of disdain, Lu Jin stepped forward to collect monster materials for the Bloodthirsty Tank.

Although this bloodthirsty tank has suffered many injuries and its scales are somewhat tattered, its high level still makes it worth a lot of money, so it shouldn't be wasted.

Before long, the materials were collected, and Lu Jin resumed the hunting operation.

The monsters inhabiting the suburbs were unaware that an extremely brutal hunter had arrived in their area.

All the beast-soldier level monsters that appeared in Lu Jin's sight were instantly killed by him using his mental power to control the nine-element throwing knives.

If it is a monster of the Beast General level, then hunt it down using martial arts techniques to increase practical combat experience.

Even if there are high-level beast generals that Lu Jin cannot defeat with his martial arts skills alone, he plans to first inflict some damage with his flying knives to weaken the opponent's strength to a level similar to his own.

As for the Lord Monster?

Although there are quite a few lord monsters in City 003, there are none in the suburbs.

Even if there were, Lu Jin would temporarily avoid the lord monster's sharp edge.

(End of this chapter)